It would be hard to imagine a more ridiculous purchase. Straight out of a trainer tools magazine, a $39.95 mayonnaise jar complete with golf balls, pebbles and sand. The prop was designed to demonstrate time management. I couldn’t toss the catalog into the recycle bin fast enough. And yet a mere two hours later, ourContinue reading “Grains of Learning in a Mayo Jar of Time”
Category Archives: Adult learning
Let’s Play Learning Strategy Mix-and-Match!
The waning days of summer are upon us. The clouds have rolled in, and the smoke has cleared. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, there’s comfort in donning fleece and staying inside while the rains freshen the air. One of the highlights of my summer was working with two groups developing a learningContinue reading “Let’s Play Learning Strategy Mix-and-Match!”
Project Runway: A Lesson in Adult Learning
Binge watching reality television provides a lot of time between the drama to think about learning. Such was the case when my daughter and I watched a season of Project Runway over the course of two weeks. It was my first deep dive into the world of high fashion design and catty criticisms about whetherContinue reading “Project Runway: A Lesson in Adult Learning”
Thinking Out Loud: How to Make Conferences into Learning Experiences that Lead to Action
We put a lot into conferences. We spend months lining up speakers with ideas intended to shift our thinking. We curate workshops and plan networking time; we publish conference programs and name tags enough to fill a table. And we aren’t the only one with a lot on the line: participants commit registration fees, travel costs,Continue reading “Thinking Out Loud: How to Make Conferences into Learning Experiences that Lead to Action”
Wonder Woman needs her shield.
It is kind of like Wonder Woman leaving her lasso of truth around a rock on Themyscira. It’s as if she forgot her vibranium shield in that tower before setting off for London. And her bracelets of submission? Back in the Paradise Island bathing grotto. Diana still has her cunning curiosity and empathetic outlook.Continue reading “Wonder Woman needs her shield.”
Walk This Way
I spent the last five weeks immersed in two experiences. First, my family hosted a 19 year old foster-care “graduate” needing a short term place to stay. “Cam” had been in 32 different placements, was in school, had a 30 hour a week job, and could recite pretty much any detail from Black Panther orContinue reading “Walk This Way”
Upcoming Train the Trainer Series
At Washington Nonprofits, we are really excited to announce our Spring 2018 “Train the Trainer Series,” which starts April 4, 2018. Sessions will be lead by the amazing Guila Muir and Tracy Flynn…. and me, Nancy Bacon. More information is below. Please pass this along to anyone you think would be interested. Nancy Continue reading “Upcoming Train the Trainer Series”
Manipulation or Influence?
At a recent conference, I introduced the work of Robert Cialdini, author of Influence and Presuasion. We were talking about how to motivate nonprofit board members, and I shared two possible approaches to moving a board member to raise money: Option 1: You are on this board because you care about this mission. WeContinue reading “Manipulation or Influence?”
Habits and House of Cards: How to bring thinking about habits into a New Year
House of Cards left a legacy in our house, #metoo movement aside. A few episodes into the series, my beloved watched Frank Underwood rowing in the basement of his DC townhouse and said, “I want one of those.” (He wasn’t alone.) The object of his desire was a wooden water rower made in RhodeContinue reading “Habits and House of Cards: How to bring thinking about habits into a New Year”